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Podcast: Community, Transition, & Standards of Realness

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The podcast crew reviews national and local politics and discusses some of the nuances of community, transition, and detransition. Also featured: the first installment of Gwen Smith’s Gender Nation and bonus material. On the Pod: Cristan Williams, Robin Mack, and Alexis Melvin. Subscribe to the TransAdvocate Podcasts and Audio Essays here: iTunes Google Play Soundcloud PlayerFM Stitcher Here’s more information on events and issues covered in this podcast: Topics: Two Texas trans men run for office Phyllis Frye Child sexual predator, Roy “the transgenders don’t have rights” Moore, endorsed by sexual predator, youth creeper, and peeping tom, the President of the United States of America, Donald “Grab ’em by the pussy” Trump Transgender Foundation of America We can help! Are you a trans, intersex, or genderqueer victim of a natural disaster? Get direct assistance here: Trans Disaster Relief Fund Are you trans, intersex, or genderqueer and are going to college

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Why this article may matter

Community significance

“Podcast: Community, Transition, & Standards of Realness” may matter to community readers because it preserves a first-person or testimonial account connected to education and youth, while also engaging transgender identity and history. Such accounts can document how an issue was understood and experienced from within the period or community being discussed.

Historical significance

The article may have historical value because it explicitly interprets or preserves material concerning education and youth. Published in 2017 by Transadvocate.com, it can be read both for the history it describes and as evidence of how transgender identity and history was framed at that moment.

Policy significance

“Podcast: Community, Transition, & Standards of Realness” discusses institutions, law, or governance in connection with education and youth. Even without a dominant policy classification, the article may help researchers identify practical consequences for transgender identity and history.

Content analysis

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Rank 1 is the dominant inferred theme or framing. Parent labels identify broader theme families; the relationship key beneath the diagram explains the line styles used for hierarchy, same-family relationships, overlap, and separate-but-related themes.

Themes

  1. 1
    Education and youthTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life
    100%
  2. 2
    Transgender identity and historyTheme family: Identity, culture, and community
    96%
  3. 3
    Community and organizingTheme family: Identity, culture, and community
    82%
  4. 4
    Law and civil rightsTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life
    18%
  5. 5
    History, archives, and memoryTheme family: Knowledge, history, and communication
    14%

Academic framing

  1. 1100%

Editorial function

Relationship among the ranked article themes The central circle is the primary theme. Line styles are defined in the relationship key below the diagram. Education and youth to Transgender identity and history: Overlapping theme
Transgender identity and history
Education and youth to Community and organizing: Overlapping theme
Community and organizing
Education and youth to Law and civil rights: Related theme in the same family
Law and civil rights
Education and youth to History, archives, and memory: Separate but related
History, archives, and memory
Education and youthRank 1
Relationship key
  • Overlapping themes
  • Related theme in the same family
  • Separate but related themes
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This article appeared 4 year(s) after the theme’s highest annual presence in the registered corpus in 2013.

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Article authors

Author profiles and related researchers

Related authors in the Collective corpus

Cristan Williams

143 publications · 714 inbound sources/citations

Connected through 2 citation links between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.

Guest

57 publications · 87 inbound sources/citations

Connected through 1 citation link between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.

Rani Baker

5 publications · 6 inbound sources/citations

Connected through 1 citation link between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.

Kelley Winters

3 publications · 2 inbound sources/citations

Connected through 1 citation link between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.

Admin

98 publications · 0 inbound sources/citations

Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.

Marian

7 publications · 12 inbound sources/citations

Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.

Related authors are calculated from co-authorship, shared themes and framings, and citation relationships in the registered corpus. This does not imply a personal or institutional association.

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